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1976 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Guste, Attorney General of Louisiana, et al. v. Jackson et al.

429 U.S. 399 · 97 S. Ct. 657 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 35

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
76-61
U.S. Reports
429 U.S. 399
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 657
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 35

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Guste, Attorney General of Louisiana, et al. v. Jackson et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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